Creation Date:       24 Sep 2007 15:07:50

A utility exists with OpenVMS to check a password against the password dictionary from the command line.

SYS$UPDATE:VMS$CHKPWD

is provided with a password.

If the password is in the dictionary, then a message is displayed that it is too weak.
If it is considered secure enough, then no message is displayed and a success status is returned.

$ mcr sys$update:vms$chkpwd howdy2you
$ mcr sys$update:vms$chkpwd test
%SYSTEM-E-PWDWEAK, password is too easy to guess; please choose another string